Echoes of Wisdom Sales are on track

Key things

  • The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom had a strong start on the Nintendo Switch in Japan.
  • During the game's first week, 201,210 physical copies were sold in Japan.
  • Echoes of Wisdom beat Link's Awakening's first week sales in Japan in 2019.



New sales figures from Japan reveal this The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is off to a strong start on the Nintendo Switch. While Echoes of wisdom may not achieve the same level of success as Tears of the Kingdom in the region, initial sales are still encouraging for Nintendo's latest entry in the region Zelda franchise.

The past few years have been exciting Zelda fans. Awarded Tears of the Kingdomcontinuation Breath of the Wildwas released in 2023 and live action Zelda the film was announced later that year. In 2024, Nintendo announced Echoes of wisdoma new top-down view Zelda game developed by Grezzo. With the game now available on Switch, fans are starting to see how well it's doing in terms of sales.


According to physical sales data from Famitsu The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom was the best-selling title in Japan for the week of September 23-29, 2024. With 201,210 copies sold, the game beat out its nearest competitor, The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki – Goodbye, O Zemuria. EA Sports FC 25 and Moeyo Otome Doushi: Kayu Koigatari were other new games near the top of the list, while Team Asobi is popular Astro Bot broke into the top 10 again. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Animal Crossing: New Horizonstwo perennial Nintendo favourites, ranked eighth and tenth.


Estimated physical game sales for Japan (September 23-29, 2024)

1. [NSW] Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – 200 121 / NEW

2. [PS5] The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki – Farewell, O Zemuria – 29,554 / New

3. [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki – Farewell, O Zemuria – 17,838 / New


4. [NSW] EA Sports FC 25 – 13,332 / New

5. [PS5] EA Sports FC 25 – 13,265 / New

6. [PS5] Astro Bot – 6,381 / 34,902

7. [PS4] EA Sports FC 25 – 6,379 / New

8. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 6,030 / 6,011,624

9. [NSW] Moeyo Otome Doushi: Kayu Koigatari – 5,396 / New

10. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 5,383 / 7,920,305

While sales look promising, the game lags behind Tears of the Kingdom's previous week one sale by a considerable margin. After release in May 2023 Tears of the Kingdom it sold over 1 million units in its first week in Japan. However, Echoes of wisdom is a very different game. in addition Tears of the Kingdom considering how innovative it probably got a hype boost Breath of the Wild was originally on Switch.


WITH Echoes of wisdom With only a few days to go at the time of this sales data, it will be interesting to see if the game can maintain its momentum in the coming weeks. It is worth noting that the game surpassed Link's Awakening remake on Switch by over 50,000 copies in its first week. The 2019 Game Boy remake was a major success for Nintendo, selling over 6.46 million units. Given the Nintendo Switch's much larger install base at this point in its lifecycle, Echoes of wisdom could see similar, if not better, results, especially given the very positive reviews it received from critics. However, fans will have to wait and see what type of staying power the game has on the charts in Japan and other regions.

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